Monday, April 15, 2019

The Problems with the 12th Doctor

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So, it's been months since the 13th Doctor appeared. What to make of her? I'll admit, I don't like her. This isn't a "I...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Why I'm Apathetic About Seeing Captain Marvel

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I'll probably see Captain Marvel, mainly because she'll be in Avengers: End Game but I'm just not feeling the love for it. Here...
Thursday, February 21, 2019

Captain Marvel

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The premiere of Captain Marvel is still two weeks away but people are already panning it. There are good reasons to be wary of this movie. T...
Saturday, February 16, 2019

What Happened to Star Wars

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I'm late to this party but I'm going to weigh in anyhow. Last Spring Solo, the 4th Star Wars movie managed to lose money. How did th...
Saturday, December 08, 2018

Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving

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Ok, Thanksgiving was weeks ago. But it will come again and so will the accusation that it's racist, mainly because of this image showing...
Friday, November 30, 2018

Marvel Comics - Who Deserves the Credit?

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While most obituaries for Stan Lee gave him credit for creating the core of the Marvel Universe, a did see a few that revived the charges th...
Wednesday, May 09, 2018

Defending the Ending (Of Avengers: Infinity War)

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Recently someone on the Huffington Post insisted that Disney money ruined the ending of Avengers: Infinity War. He was referring to the char...
Monday, May 07, 2018

Starlin's Thanos - Infinity Wars

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Great comic book characters seldom stay dead for long. Thanos was dead for most of a decade before returning to the realm of the living. Unl...
Sunday, May 06, 2018

Infinity War - the mistake that isn't

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One "mistake" that I've seen pointed out about Avengers: Infinity War is the scene near the end where Captain America seems to...
Tuesday, May 01, 2018

Avengers: Infinity War and the Hard Choices

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Spoilers ahead. If there's a unifying theme in Infinity War, it's hard choices. Characters are constantly being asked to make diffic...
Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Starlin's Thanos - Adam Warlock

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After Thanos, the character most associated with Jim Starlin is Adam Warlock. Ironically, Warlock was a collaborative creation. He began as ...
Friday, April 13, 2018

Starlin's Thanos Part II

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Marvel was expanding rapidly in the early 1970s and brought in a bunch of young talent. Jim Starlin was one of these. He joined Marvel in 19...
Thursday, April 12, 2018

Starlin's Thanos - Early Influences

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With Avengers Infinity War coming out soon, I thought I'd trace the origins and development of the character of Thanos. I'm only loo...
Sunday, March 25, 2018

The Problems With Black Panther

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The movie Black Panther has made a phenomenal amount of money and scored high on critic's sites like Rotten Tomatoes but, let's face...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Grading the Doctor Who Christmas Specials

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There have been 13 modern Doctor Who Christmas specials. The most recent one marked the end of Steven Moffat's time with the Doctor and ...
Monday, November 13, 2017

Thor and Wonder Woman's Progressions

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Boilerplate warning - this is nothing but spoilers. Wonder Woman was very similar to Captain America: First Avenger in tone and subject matt...
Monday, September 25, 2017

The Diversity Trap - Part 3

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Topical comic books are popular but often run into problems because the writer has strong views on a subject and slants the stories to match...
Saturday, September 23, 2017

The Diversity Trap - Part 2

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Earlier I wrote about how changing comic book characters in the name of diversity is self-limiting. This time I'll talk about how pushin...
Thursday, September 21, 2017

The Diversity Trap

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It is an understatement to say that Marvel has revamped their characters. Most of the mainstays have been replaced with a more "diverse...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

The Arrowverse

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The Arrowverse (DC comics-related TV shows) dominate the WB network. Some are better than others. I'm going to skip Arrow. the founder o...